Story & Structure
The craft of telling a story starts with structure skills.
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Arcs and Endings (1)
The finest writing not only reveals true character, but arcs or changes to that inner nature, for better or worse.…
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Structural Overviews: Why?
Right after learning the principles of structure, it will be hard to apply them to your own work immediately. Better…
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Inciting Incident: Planting the Bomb
Keeping the audience interested throughout the 'setup' is a major challenge as professional readers won't last until the Inciting Incident…
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POV: Ratatouille’s Deleted Scene
RATATOUILLE has 1 (one) deleted scene. It is a long, uninterrupted travel from a wide establishing shot of the Paris…
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Blade Runner: The 8 Mins First Act
If you want to be a professional screenwriter, be open to spoilers. Furthermore, be open to the weaknesses in your…
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Inciting Incident: Event, not Action.
When talking about story structure, many people talk about where exactly in the story the structural element needs to happen.…